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June 26, 1928.

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COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.`Y., 'A CORORATIONOF DELAWARE.

SEAT.

Application ined september 27.1926.y

The present inventioiirelates generally to swivel seats of the type described in the application of Villiam E. Hasselkus, Serial No. 113,649, filed June 4,1926.

An object ofthe present invention isvto provide a swivel Vseat which may be turned to face in a plurality of directions and to enable the seat to be secured in any ofsuch positions to prevent it from turning. lVhere seats of this character are used upon trains,

busses, etc., it is frequently necessary to reverse the direction in which certain, or all of the seats face. In such event, it is desirable that the seats be equipped with to be accomplished with little effort and loss of time. The present invention supplies an operating mech-y anism of thischaracter. v

Reference will now be had tothe accompanying drawings forming a part hereof wherein Y Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of the invention. x

Figure 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of a slightly modified form rality of-seats are operated from a common operating means.

Jioure 8 is. an elevation showin@ a 31urality of seats operated by the common means shown in Figure 3. p v In `the drawings, a represents a base or pedestal, having a vertical cylindrical hous- "ing a which receives a bearing a2 having a flange as. The seat frame I) lis provided with a downwardly extending shaft b which is received in thefbearing a2 and a flange b2 on the shaft `0 rests on the flange a3.

At a. plurality of points in the flange b2'- are provided notches b3 vand a notch a is provided in the flange a3.' A roller detent c normally engages a notch at and a notch Vand Q4'.

floor-and has a footy pedal e.

whereina plusimultaneously be positioned above 0,,

Serial No. 137,921.

thuspreventing the frame b from rotating.l

The basel a is provided with a pivot o which mounts a lever arm c2 having arms c" Y A spring d serves to engage thel detentnornially; InFigure l, the arm/02 has a pedal extension@ which lies under the v This pedal is situated at a convenient place and, when it is desired to 'reverse the seat, the .pedal is depressed and the seat rotated.

NEW YORK, N. Y., AssrGNon To V'INTERNATIONAL Moron.

In Figures 2 and 3 the seats are operated i simultaneously by means of the following mechanism. Shaft f is mounted under the floor boards and has keyed thereto a lever g provided with a pedal g. At each kseat an arm It is arm It will be apparent that upon depressing the pedal g all of the seatsy may be released simultaneously.

vWhile the above serves to illustrate the preferred forms of the invention, it is not to be understood to be limited, save as defined in the appended claim.V

What l claimis:

In combination, la plurality of independently rotatable seats, bases therefor, means Vto permit rotation of theseats inthe bases,

separate means to prevent rotation, means to release the last named means andl siinultaneously render the first means eiect-ive, a shaft mounted under the floor upon which keyed to the shaft f and a' llink connects h with the short arm j on the bases areA mounted, connections between the shaft and releasing means, an operating lever secured to the shaft and mounted under I Y the iioor, and means for actuating the lever vadjacent a seat but apart from the base structure to operate the releasing .meansl whereby the actuating means may be operatedA and a seat'turned by the operator This specification signed this 23rd day of September A. D. v1926. Y

' ALFRED F. MASURY. 

